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<h3>MEMCPY(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual           MEMCPY(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       memcpy - copy memory area

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;string.h&gt;

       void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       The  memcpy() function copies n bytes from memory area src
       to memory area dest.  The memory areas  may  not  overlap.
       Use memmove(3) if the memory areas do overlap.

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest.

<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3>       SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=bcopy.htm>bcopy</a>, 
<a href=memccpy.htm>memccpy</a>, 
<a href=memmove.htm>memmove</a>, 
<a href=strcpy.htm>strcpy</a>, 
<a href=strncpy.htm>strncpy</a>, 
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<h3>GNU                       April 10, 1993                        1
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